Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	15	14	8	8	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	8	7	7	8	9
Energy(?)	610	318	316	226	204	15	227	180	1497	2721	4524	5197	5338	2046	1848	896	761	388	361	360	1069	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 2.68	6:35PM 2.48		7:12AM 2.56		7:28PM 2.47	8:04AM 2.53		8:29PM 2.83	9:03AM 2.58		9:15PM 2.91	9:40AM 3.08		10:31PM 2.46	10:07AM 2.23		10:35PM 3.08	10:52AM 3.28		11:12PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02AM 0.75	12:24PM 1.13		12:57AM 0.75		1:30PM 1.09	1:46AM 0.69		2:15PM 0.82	2:45AM 0.85		2:53PM 0.72	3:28AM 0.79		3:52PM 0.86			4:41PM 0.45		4:45AM 0.70	5:04PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	17	19	23	19	21	17	16	17	17	15	18	19	15	18	18	17	17	17	14
Low °C	16	18	18	17	17	22	18	20	16	14	16	16	13	17	18	14	16	17	16	17	16	10
Chill °C (?)	15	19	19	17	18	23	19	21	16	15	16	16	14	18	19	14	17	17	16	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	8	12	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	12	11	11	18	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	4	16	15	13	12	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	16	16	15	15	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	1.1 N	0.6 W	1.3 NNW	0.7 NNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	5	3	4	-	5	3	6	4	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	7	7	8	9

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7
Energy(?)	730	503	617	601	397	316	316	267	348	226	218	250	204	222	263	86	215	70	245	274	463	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:17AM 2.42				6:33PM 2.46					7:17AM 2.72				7:26PM 1.92				8:15AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)		11:55PM 1.01				12:24PM 1.13				12:58AM 0.99	1:10AM 0.78				1:30PM 1.09				1:56AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	17	17	15	16	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	13	17	19	19	22	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	16	18	19	19	18	17	17	15	12	16	18	19	22	18	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	7	7	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	5	5	4	14	14	4	5	4	13	18	16	16	15	9	14	14	13	13	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	3	6	6	6	7

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	730	538	730	730	609	503	441	441	617	422	505	533	408	352	318	82	135	58	316	316	316	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:08AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)					11:50PM 0.91													12:41PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	17	18	19	21	21	21	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	15	17	16	14	15	14	15	14	17	18	19	21	21	21	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	5	14	14	14	14	7	4	7	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	4	4